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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brant \Brant\ (br[a^]nt), n. [Cf.{Brand goose}, {Brent},
{Brenicle}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A species of wild goose ({Branta bernicla}) -- called also
{brent} and {brand goose}. The name is also applied to other
related species.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brent \Brent\, Brant \Brant\, a. [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat,
Icel. brattr, steep.]
1. Steep; high. [Obs.]
Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that
ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them
--Ascham.
2. Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.]
Your bonnie brow was brent. --Burns.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bren \Bren\, Brenne \Bren"ne\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Brent}
(?); p. pr & vb n. {Brenning}.] [See {Burn}.]
To burn. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Consuming fire brent his shearing house or stall. --W.
Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brent \Brent\, imp. & p. p. of {Bren}.
Burnt. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brent \Brent\, n. [Cf. {Brant}.]
A brant. See {Brant}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
brent
n : small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate
southward [syn: {brant}, {brant goose}, {brent goose}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brent, AL (city, FIPS 9136)
Location: 32.94227 N, 87.17622 W
Population (1990): 2776 (1103 housing units)
Area: 21.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 35034
Brent, FL (CDP, FIPS 8300)
Location: 30.47377 N, 87.25174 W
Population (1990): 21624 (7838 housing units)
Area: 27.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
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